Meet the First Muslim Mayor of London

Conservative Party candidate Zac Goldsmith accused Khan of giving "platform, oxygen and cover" to Islamic extremists. He also accused Khan of "hiding behind Britain's Muslims" by branding as "Islamophobes" those who shed light on his past.

"The questions are genuine, they are serious. They are about his willingness to share platforms with people who want to 'drown every Israeli Jew in the sea.' It's about his having employed someone who believed the Lee Rigby murder was fabricated. It's about his career before being an MP, coaching people in how to sue the police." — Conservative Party candidate Zac Goldsmith.

In 2008, Khan gave a speech at the Global Peace and Unity Conference, an event organized by the Islam Channel, which has been censured repeatedly by British media regulators for extremism. Members of the audience were filmed flying the black flag of jihad while Khan was speaking.

"I regret giving the impression I subscribed to their views and I've been quite clear I find their views abhorrent." — Sadiq Khan.

"A Muslim man with way too many extremist links to be entirely coincidental is now the Mayor of London. I suppose this is hardly a shock, though. The native English are a demographic minority (and a rapidly dwindling one) in London, whilst Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh are a rapidly expanding demographic." — British politician Paul Weston.

Labour Party politician Sadiq Khan has been sworn in as mayor of London. He is the first Muslim to lead a major European capital.

Khan, 45, is the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants. His father was a bus driver and he grew up with seven siblings in a government-subsidized apartment. He studied law, became a university professor and served as chairman of the civil liberties pressure group Liberty. He was elected to Parliament in 2005. Khan's supporters say he is the epitome the Muslim immigrant success story.

Khan — who won 57% of the ballot, or 1.3 million votes, a number which happens to be roughly equal to Muslim population of London — has promised to be "the British Muslim who takes the fight to the extremists." Others are not so sure. During the election campaign, Khan faced a steady stream of allegations about his past dealings with Muslim extremists and anti-Semites.

Khan's opponent, Conservative Party politician Zac Goldsmith, drew attention to Khan's past career as a human rights lawyer that included repeated public appearances alongside radical Muslims.

Goldsmith accused Khan of giving "platform, oxygen and cover" to Islamic extremists. He also accused Khan of "hiding behind Britain's Muslims" by branding as "Islamophobes" those who shed light on his past.

"To be clear, I have never suggested he [Khan] is an extremist but without a shadow of doubt he has given platform, oxygen and cover to people who are extremists.

"I think he is playing with fire. The questions are genuine, they are serious. They are about his willingness to share platforms with people who want to 'drown every Israeli Jew in the sea.'

"It's about his having employed someone who believed the Lee Rigby murder was fabricated. It's about his career before being an MP, coaching people in how to sue the police.

"It just goes on and on and on. To pretend those are not legitimate questions, to pretend that by asking those questions newspapers, Londoners or my campaign are engaging in Islamophobia is unbelievably irresponsible.

"It is just obscene that somebody who wants to be the mayor of the world's greatest city, to be in charge of our police and security, should behave not only with such bad judgment but in a way that is totally shameless."

Goldsmith also drew attention to Khan's ties with Suliman Gani, a Muslim cleric in Tooting, the constituency in South London where Khan is an MP. "To share a platform nine times with Suliman Gani, one of the most repellent figures in this country, you don't do it by accident," Goldsmith said.

Goldsmith was referring to a Sunday Times exposé, which revealed that between 2004 and 2013, Khan had spoken alongside Gani on at least nine occasions, "even though Gani has called women 'subservient' to men and condemned homosexuality, gay marriage, and even organ transplants."

Gani — who has ties to the extremist Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, and has rallied in support of Shaker Aamer, an al-Qaeda terrorist who was detained at Guantanamo Bay — is also linked to the London-based Tayyibun Institute, which the British government says "tolerates or promotes non-violent extremism."

According to the Times, on the night of the Paris attacks in November 2015, Gani appeared at an "Islamic question time" event in Bedford, where speakers reportedly told British Muslims to "struggle" for an "Islamic state."

Khan and Gani first shared a platform in August 2004 at an event organized by Stop Political Terror, a group supported by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American imam who was killed in 2011 by a CIA-led drone strike in Yemen. According to the Times, Khan spoke at least four times at events organized by Stop Political Terror, which has since merged with CAGE, a group that called the Islamic State butcher Jihadi John a "beautiful young man."

In an interview with the Times, Davis Lewin, deputy director of the Henry Jackson Society, an anti-extremism think tank, said:

"Gani has campaigned on behalf of convicted terrorists, appeared at events designed to undermine government counter-radicalization strategies, including sharing platforms with a pro-terrorist organization such as CAGE, and is said to hold repugnant views about women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans community.

"Given that the UK, and London in particular, is a major target for Islamist-inspired terrorist attacks, it is intolerable to see any politician, much less one seeking such a vitally important office as mayor of London, associate with an individual such as this.

Khan also spent years campaigning to prevent Babar Ahmad from being extradited to the United States on charges of providing material support to terrorism. Ahmad, who admitted his guilt, later said that his support for the Taliban was "naïve."

In 2002, Khan represented the leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan. Khan tried to reverse a decision by the Home Office, which had banned Farrakhan from entering the UK due to fears that his anti-Semitic views would stir up racial hatred. Farrakhan has called Jews "bloodsuckers" and referred to Judaism as "a gutter religion."

At the time, Khan said: "Mr. Farrakhan is not anti-Semitic and does not preach a message of racial hatred and antagonism." Khan added:

"Farrakhan is preaching a message of self-discipline, self-reliance, atonement and responsibility. He's trying to address the issues and problems we have in the UK, black on black crime and problems in the black community. It's outrageous and astonishing that the British Government is trying to exclude this man."

In 2004, Khan was the chief legal advisor to the Muslim Council of Britain, a group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. Khan defended Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born Islamist who has been banned from entering the UK. Al-Qaradawi has expressed support for Hamas suicide bombings against Israel: "It's not suicide, it is martyrdom in the name of Allah." According to Khan, however, "Quotes attributed to this man may or may not be true."

Also in 2004, Khan shared a platform with a half-dozen Islamic extremists in London at a political meeting where women were told to use a separate entrance. One of the speakers was Azzam Tamimi, who has said he wants Israel destroyed and replaced with an Islamic state. Another speaker was Daud Abdullah, who has led boycotts of Holocaust Memorial Day. Yet another speaker was Ibrahim Hewitt, a Muslim hardliner who believes that adulterers should be "stoned to death."

In 2006, Khan attended a mass rally in Trafalgar Square to protest the publication of cartoons of Mohammed by Western newspapers. One of those present at the rally was Tamimi, who told Sky News: "The publication of these cartoons will cause the world to tremble. Fire will be throughout the world if they don't stop." Khan defended Tamimi: "Speakers can get carried away but they are just flowery words."

In 2008, Khan gave a speech at the Global Peace and Unity Conference, an event organized by the Islam Channel, which has been censured repeatedly by British media regulators for extremism. Members of the audience were filmed flying the black flag of jihad while Khan was speaking.

Also in 2008, Khan wrote that Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union in order to prove that the bloc is not a "Christian Club" that discriminates against Muslims:

"Muslims across Europe will see the question for Turkish admission to the EU as a clear test of European inclusion. If the door is slammed shut it will be understood by 20 million Muslim citizens of the EU that the basis of the decision to treat Turkey differently to new members like Bulgaria or Romania has been made on the basis that Europe is a 'Christian Club.'

"Some will see this as a clear indication that Muslims can never be a part of the story of Europe or the West. That will undermine everybody working to say that of course one can be British, European and Muslim, or French, European and Muslim."

In 2009, when Khan was the Minister for Community Cohesion in charge of government efforts to eradicate extremism, he gave an interview to the Iran-backed Press TV. He described moderate Muslims as "Uncle Toms," a racial slur used against blacks to imply that they are too eager to please whites.

In the same interview, Khan expressed support for boycotts of Israeli products: "You know, there's nothing wrong, and I encourage people to protest, to demonstrate, to complain, to write into newspapers and TV, to, if you want to boycott certain goods, boycott certain goods — all lawful means open in a democratic society."

In 2012, Khan addressed and praised the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), an umbrella group founded by activists from the Muslim Brotherhood. The British government has criticized FOSIS for promoting Islamic extremism.

In 2014, Khan expressed support for Baroness Warsi, who resigned from Prime Minister David Cameron's cabinet because she felt that Cameron was insufficiently critical of Israel. In an essay for the Guardian, (which has now been removed from the Guardian's website) Khan wrote:

"Warsi must be listened to when she says, 'our response to [Gaza] is becoming a basis for radicalization that could have consequences for us for years to come' [...] The government's failure to criticise Israel's incursion is not just a moral failure — it goes directly against Britain's interests in the world and risks making our citizens less safe as a result."

"Although Khan has assured Londoners that he would not use the mayoral office as 'a pulpit to pronounce on foreign affairs,' one wonders if he would really be able to remain neutral if London was once again dealing with large anti-Israel demos. On the basis of his response to Warsi's resignation, it seems unlikely that he would show restraint."

In March 2016, Khan was pressured to fire a top aide, Shueb Salar, after the Daily Mailrevealed that Salar was sending misogynistic messages on social media: "Along with homophobic and sexist comments, Salar jokes about rape and murder, claims Bengali people 'smell' and said he thought the slaying of soldier Lee Rigby by extremists in 2013 may have been fabricated."

In May, a close ally of Khan, Labour politician Muhammed Butt, apologized for sharing a Facebook post which compared Israel with Islamic State.

In an election debate aired by the BBC on April 18, Khan said he had "never hidden" the fact that he had represented "some pretty unsavory characters." When asked if he regretted sharing a platform with extremists, he said: "I regret giving the impression I subscribed to their views and I've been quite clear I find their views abhorrent."

Former Labour Party manager Rob Marchant said he was worried about Khan's links to extremists, but that he should be given the benefit of the doubt:

"While this dabbling with Islamist politics may well have been more to do with a streak of ruthless populism in Khan in building political support, than a genuine meeting of minds with the Islamists, it does cast some doubt upon both his judgement and his values."

By contrast, British politician Paul Weston, who has long cautioned about the Islamization of Britain, warned that Khan's rise is a harbinger of things to come:

"The previously unthinkable has become the present reality. A Muslim man with way too many extremist links to be entirely coincidental is now the Mayor of London. I suppose this is hardly a shock, though. The native English are a demographic minority (and a rapidly dwindling one) in London, whilst Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh are a rapidly expanding demographic.....

"In a couple more decades Britain may well have its first Muslim Prime Minister, and I think we can safely assume he will be of the same ideological stock as Sadiq Khan.... Reality cannot argue with demographics, so the realistic future for Britain is Islamic."

Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-basedGatestone Institute. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group. Follow him onFacebook and onTwitter. His first book,Global Fire, will be out in 2016.

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Despite his unsavory past, the man was duly elected. His slogan: "A Mayor for All Londoners". Supposedly that included London Jews.

Less publicized was the odd difficulty London Jews had in actually voting for or against this idea.

JTA / Jewish Chronicle: "Hundreds of London Jews, including Britain's chief rabbi, complained Thursday of being inappropriately turned away from the polls, told they did not appear on the list of registered voters."

The chaos reigned "in all 155 polling stations" in the heavily Jewish Barnet borough, and even voting cards were arbitrarily rejected. Later media reports revised the affected voters to "thousands".

Four days after, the individual who botched 155 voter lists left the Barnet council by "mutual agreement". No more problem. No more media coverage.
No citizen protest.

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Jac • May 10, 2016 at 07:53

David Cameron has said he wants to see a British Asian Prime Minister in his lifetime. Mr Cameron made the remarks at an awards dinner in central London where Sajid Javid, the Culture secretary who is widely tipped as his successor, topped a power list of the most influential Asians in the UK.Mr Cameron told the GG2 Leadership Awards: "Let us think big about what Britons of all backgrounds can achieve. "When I hear 'sir', 'your honour' or 'right honourable', I want them to be followed by a British Asian name." To cheers he added: "One day I want to hear that title 'Prime Minister' followed by a British Asian name."

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Iftikhar Ahmad Jac • May 15, 2016 at 16:42

Today the Mayor of London is a Pakistani Muslim. Next time British PM would be a Pakistani Muslim.

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Richard • May 8, 2016 at 19:45

Ethnic Brits should now have realized that they need to bloc vote if they want to compete against the Islamists. First they need to have a primary to find the preferred candidate and then get behind him, similar to the US Presidential process or loose all that you have. Now is also a good time to challenge the new Establishment to find out who they support ! the rule of law or the Bloc that voted them in.

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Harvey • May 8, 2016 at 18:46

With 1.3 million Muslim voters what did anyone expect? This is all thanks to the wonderful corrupt organisation called the EU, anyone who wants the UK to remain Western knows what to vote on June 23rd. As in the 1930 Britain will have to go it alone.

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Mike • May 8, 2016 at 18:42

> Khan now says: "Even the worst people deserve a legal defense."

Of course he's right about that, but it sidesteps the question:SHOULD THE PERSON DEFENDING THEM BECOME THE MAYOR OF LONDON?

Clearly, the answer is a resounding NO!

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maarit puska • May 8, 2016 at 16:58

Verify is the answer to determine whether Sadiq Khan is an advocate or an ally of extremist elements. As an attorney, he does not have to share his clients' beliefs since he was challenging 'exclusionary laws/regulations. What is of interest and deeper digging is his advocacy of non-client Turkey and Hizb-ut-Tahrir which had a conference in Turkey and Turkey which has given residence for Muslim Brotherhood members and hosting Islamic World conference.

Did Mayor Khan attend rallies in order to get votes? Great Britain has had many extremist preachers (in recruiting too) and the influx of Muslims from different countries with various interpretations of their religion. If Sadiq Khan is a British Mayor with no preference towards his co-religionists, the kind of programs he will be advocating and the personnel he hires will be defining factors.

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Jerry • May 8, 2016 at 15:56

Should one be surprised? No. And, if anyone is, they were sleeping at the switch! This was a no brainer. The demographics in the West has changed forever. This is but the tip of the iceberg. There is no such thing as an English culture or a French culture. These are things of the past. The West has made sure that appeasement and accommodation come before anything else. But not to worry, this trend will be coming to a place near you!
As my friend Albert Einstein said, "the world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything".

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Camillus Kassala • May 8, 2016 at 12:33

We are now going through the period of what I call 'the political democracy of not-always'. What is logical in democracy, is not always practical in politics. What is practical in democracy is not always right in politics. What is right in democracy is not always ethical in politics. What is ethical in democracy is not always desired in politics. What is desired in democracy, is not always logical in politics!!!!!!

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William Mack • May 8, 2016 at 11:13

Here's a classic example of the shortcomings of democracy. The non-Muslims who make up the majority of the population will have their vote split amongst various parties according to which ever party they think best for governing. The Muslims (i.e. the minority) on the other hand will have all voted for the Muslim candidate and the rest is history.

I clearly remember when the Americans took Iraq and told us how they had liberated the Iraqis from dictatorship and delivered democracy to them. How naive and stupid are we? Various ethnic factions that hate each other and the group with 100 more votes wins the election and takes power. Democracy is incompatible with these people and their system/religious beliefs. These 2 examples demonstrate how easy it is to conquer a system that wasn't meant for this.

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Chadwick A Davis • May 8, 2016 at 11:06

Just another nail in the coffin. With the Anglo-Saxon British population barely growing and mass immigration of Muslims, Britain will become an Islamic country. Political correctness and the push for diversity and thinking that Islam is just a religion like any other will lead to an Islamic Europe.
Multiculturalism is a failure whenever Islam is involved. The great British empire, conquered by political correctness. Churchill has to be spinning in his grave.

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Michael Waugh • May 8, 2016 at 10:36

All so very true. We were told so often about the guy being the son of a Pakistani immigrant, a bus driver and their living on a council estate. So what ? But he answered no questions in detail about ten years speaking on stage with extremists, he being happy with their treatment of women and gays and with an audience of black flag wavers. Approving of Hamas and Hesbollah. All behind him now, or is it ? He had a good speechwriter, but is not so honest as Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative candidate.

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Jeff Page • May 8, 2016 at 09:51

This is without a doubt the fault of the British Government, in particular the lilly livered David Cameron! In Britain we are supposed to be tolerant of other faiths whether we like it or not! But that only applies to those who are not of the Muslim faith, they seem to have some benefits and privileges not allowed to others! The government has done little if nothing to prevent extremists speaking on platforms all over the country, spreading their hate and their hope that one day they will have sharia law and no other in Britain.

The article is correct when it comes to the demographics, it has become obvious that British people have left the city of London and it hasn't clicked with the idiots in power as to exactly why that is. It's quite simple really, many British people have been stripped of some of their benefits making it unaffordable to live in London.

On the other hand, Muslims have been more than able to afford to stay because 1, The government is scared to reduce their benefits, and 2, Muslims tend to have many more children, thus being given much more in benefits! Of course, it will take the government many years yet to discover this.

This will be just the beginning of Muslims getting into power in other parts of the country. A lot is because people don't bother to vote, they tend to be wrapped up in their own little world and not having a clue what is going on in their own areas. This has just one end. A country totally controlled by Muslims.

David Cameron is his own worst enemy, he knew full well that the British people were outnumbered in London and yet he attacked Sadiq Khan over his links to terrorists, all he did was galvanise the Muslims into voting, which is what happened. These Toffs in charge have no idea of how to tackle problems. They should have stopped this Muslim enclave from ever taking shape in our capital city, but for all their public school education, basically they are idiots!

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Kim Wilde • May 8, 2016 at 09:28

It doesn't take a PH.D. to understand what the PC crowd has accomplished in Britain. The Muslim community has caused the English to lose without firing a shot (except for a few bus bombings). So sad to see my homeland destroyed.

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Richard • May 8, 2016 at 09:21

Seems like a good case for the introduction of proportional representation in the United Kingdom - unless one man one vote once, is an acceptable scenario to the future electorate ...

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David Ashton • May 8, 2016 at 09:18

Demography is Destiny.

Time was that fair-minded English were upset by the hostility shown to arrivals from the Global South, and some still feel pleased at how comfortably many have fitted in and how comfortable "we" all are with Indian "curry cuisine", Caribbean "jumping music" and Chinese "internet brides".

Trouble is that the "White English" will soon become a minority is their own ancestral homeland, and Muslim mosques will outnumber Christian churches. We don't need the Prophet Isa ibn Maryam to "return" to break the crosses on the Last Days - our last days are already on the way, unless a giant reversal occurs.

We Gentiles don't have Israel to go to!

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tiki • May 8, 2016 at 08:48

London got the mayor it deserved because of the appeasing & tolerant politics of the last decades.

The mayor elect, S. Khan, called London's 'Moderate Muslims' out as 'Uncle Toms'. So the question beckons 'Is he an Uncle Tom or an extremist Muslim'? The stupidity heaped and absorbed by the Leftists to vote this clown in is not even staggering any more but is the NEW NORM! Goodbye Thatcher Greatness and Welcome to WWIII. Not here in the USA though. Our 325,000,000 guns are our deterrent to Obama and his ilk in completing his transformation.

DW GrahamClayton, NC

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Carolyn • May 8, 2016 at 08:12

As Ben Carson said 'Lawyers are out to win their case but not to resolve the problem'.

Alan Craig or Zac Goldsmith would have guided us faithfully!

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Malcolm Jackson • May 8, 2016 at 07:56

I do not know how many British women voted in the London Elections for this Muslim, Sadiq Khan, but it must be out of complete ignorance of what Islam and sharia law will mean for them and all other British women, probably within 20 years from now. If anyone wants to find out what life will be like for British women, it is well worth reading Khaled Hosseini's book, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' . Horrifyingly true the fate that awaits all British women by any woman voting Muslim.

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Hanna • May 8, 2016 at 07:51

Poor old Winston Churchill is turning in his grave with tears in his eyes, wondering what is happening to his great country. AND A GREAT COUNTRY IT ONCE WAS, even regarding its Jews. England was one of the very few European countries that welcomed its Jews in time of need --- and there are many times of need when Jews are concerned. England also produced famous Jews like SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE and BENJAMIN DISRAELI --- prime minister of Queen Victoria. Though converted, Disraeli always had a Jewish soul. Also, when England controlled India and parts of Africa and the Middle East, all these places were a lot better off than in the mess they are in today. But, since it was referred to as "Colonialism" it must be bad. So now, having to make up for their "colonial sins", England is going backwards --- into hell. What has all this to do with the new Muslim Mayor, well, a Mayor has to treat ALL his citizens equally, including the Jewish citizens --- we shall see. Thank you Soeren Kern and Gatestone.

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Andy Hanna • May 8, 2016 at 20:45

This is where England will now become Islamic. The door is thrown wide open and the flood is now unstoppable. Look at the numbers he pulled, there are now too few 'white British people' to defend their city. They are becoming 'dead people walking'. With the demise of Christian principles and the degrading speech toward God and Jesus, this nation has handed itself over to the king of demons. Have they forgotten the power of prayers during war times to bring victory, now, they are a defeated nation, soon they will experience the 'power of Islam' on their streets. A sad day for the British, prophecy being fulfilled. How long will you deny the God of Israel, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Repent and turn to the Lord.

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Ruth • May 8, 2016 at 07:50

Thanks for the article.

Sadiq Khan claims to be a moderate and I think we should give him the chance to prove that this is true. Zac Goldsmith made many accusations during the election and it's possible that many are true. However, at the end of the day Goldsmith wasn't a strong enough candidate and many voted for Khan because he was a better candidate in every way.

The local elections are not necessarily political and often people are supported because of who they are rather than which party they represent. Khan comes from a modest home and has achieved amazing things in his life. Perhaps it was just this which attracted the majority as opposed to Goldsmith's record of not completing his public school, no university degree and endless failures at business ventures financed by his enormous trust fund. I wouldn't have voted for him either!

As an expat I really care about what happens in the UK and as an Israeli, I care about who is governing Britain and the growing anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiment within the Labour/left and extreme Right groups. I hope that Khan will show us that it's possible to be a good Mayor and a Muslim who stands up to extremists. Judging him now isn't fair.

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Babs • May 8, 2016 at 07:46

Trouble will come when Khan is accused of not being Muslim enough and has to prove that he is.

His election was a sad, sorry day for London and the UK, and shaming for those who didn't bother to turn out to vote to try to keep him out.

London's mayoral election may well herald the endarkenment of Europe.

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Omar Farooq • May 8, 2016 at 07:45

Londoners have chosen their mayor with 57 percent. First he is British, second he is a Muslim, so what is the big deal?

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Domus Canus Omar Farooq • May 13, 2016 at 01:41

"Londoners have chosen their mayor with 57 percent. First he is British, second he is a Muslim, so what is the big deal"?The 'big deal' is this is no longer London but a suburb of Islam we are looking at. This once brilliant Roman founded city is littered with the adherents to a religion that is incompatible with the 21st century, and now this chancer is the mayor and is going to do what, show his predecessors how to succeed? Were that the case then we can look to all the failed societies those not of an English heritage now living in that city came from, and ask if they are so smart, how come they had to flee the hell hole of their original homeland instead of staying and making them successful?

On Farrakhan: "Farrakhan is preaching a message of self-discipline, self-reliance, atonement and responsibility. He's trying to address the issues and problems we have in the UK, black on black crime and problems in the black community. It's outrageous and astonishing that the British Government is trying to exclude this man." Why should this failed American Muslim be allowed to enter the country, has he in fact solved the black on black crime in Chicago which is rampant, and where is this self reliance he speaks of when that same city has an enormous welfare bill for the work shy thugs this guy tells us are killing each other? Much as America would love to see the back of this monster, why would the city of London need to import such an extremest to tell them how to manage the black on black crime in the UK? No Mr Farooq, the 57% voted for a colour and a religion, not for a real mayor.

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Dean • May 8, 2016 at 07:34

Sharia law is on the way for Europe and Britain. 7/7 meant nothing to the Brits who think that they can appease Islamists by electing Muslims with agendas and antisemitic beliefs. Yes, there is a connection between supremacist beliefs and terrorism.

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